Feb 22:  Spent the last day in Hanoi hanging out with our paraglide buddy.  Had lunch at a Vietnamese soup shop and enjoyed some Hue soup.  Very tasty, but was unable to finish the blood sausage.  One of BT’s friends showed up to get Terry’s computer functional.  After lunch, went to a famous Hanoi coffeehouse, where we spent a couple of hours discussing everything from the economic state of Vietnam to the political atmosphere present here these days to the war 40 years ago.  Don’t know how we could have had a better ending to our visit here.  Took a brand new Ford sedan, provided by the hotel to the airport.  A very pleasant 60 km drive to the North of Hanoi.  Terry and I went our different ways shortly after arriving at the airport, he heading to Hong Kong and me to Saigon.
Caught a packed Jetstar flight back to Saigon.  I was the only round-eye on the flight.  Arrived at my hotel a couple of kilometers outside the airport after the taxie got lost a couple of times.  Nice enough place to hangout until my midnight flight.  Spent the afternoon walking around some old neighborhoods and a large market.  All the raw meats and fishes laying next to shoes and jewelry still seems a bit strange to me.  Have had a good trip, but ready to get back to Tennessee.  Rick

Feb 23:  Got home last night at 7:30 PM EST, 7:30 AM as far as my jet-lagged body is concerned.